Moltres 12/78 · Pokémon GO

Pokémon GO is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on July 1, 2022. The printed size is 78. This checklist is longer, at 88 cards. Moltres is 12/78, in position 12 of 88 on this checklist. Before it is 11 Radiant Charizard, and after it is 13 Numel. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Moltres is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Moltres (#146), generation 1 (Kanto).

Pani Kobayashi illustrated this card. The same name is on 39 other cards in the catalog.

Moltres (#146) has 43 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Moltres 21/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and Pani Kobayashi illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 27 other cards of Moltres list a different HP.

Flare Symbol is listed as Ability. Your Basic Fire Pokémon's attacks, except any Moltres, do 10 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Fire Wing lists 110 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It's one of the legendary bird Pokémon. When Moltres flaps its flaming wings, they glimmer with a dazzling red glow." The regulation mark is F.

I keep a set binder for Pokémon GO, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Pokémon GO set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Moltres can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.